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Weekend Threat 12/14-12/15


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Very good points.. simply saying that its cold before the storm doesnt work.. there is a lot more to it than that..

 

right - if we had confluence/a 50/50 low/blocking in the nao region this would be a true miller B. But we have none, that is why the hP is able to slide east and allow for E-SE winds...

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The 12z gfs is showing more surface e/se winds for NYC. It's more about the wind direction that determines if we changeover to ice or rain. Than the amount of cold air beforehand.

We're pretty much screwed once that happens. I was encouraged by some of the colder trends last night, but if that reverses any we're in trouble.

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.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...

ALL EYES TURN TO LOW PRESSURE MOVING FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO

THE OH/TN VALLEYS FROM FRI NIGHT INTO SAT...THEN REDEVELOPING

ALONG THE NC COAST SAT NIGHT AND HEADING NE ACROSS THE 40N/70W

BENCHMARK SUNDAY MORNING. GFS/ECMWF ARE GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE LOW

TRACK AND INTENSITY...AND ON THE STRENGTH AND POSITION OF AN

ARCTIC HIGH TO THE NE THAT WILL PROVIDE A LOW LEVEL FEED OF COLD

AIR. LIGHT OVERRUNNING SNOWS SHOULD DEVELOP DURING THE DAY ON SAT

AS MOISTURE OVERRUNS THE NEARBY ARCTIC FRONT...THEN THE HEAVIEST

PRECIP SHOULD OCCUR SAT NIGHT VIA STRONGER ISENTROPIC LIFT AND

H7-8 FRONTOGENESIS AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING LOW. AS FAR AS THERMAL

PROFILES GO...BOTH MODELS ARE LIKELY TOO WARM IN THE BOUNDARY

LAYER...ESPECIALLY INLAND WHERE COLD AIR DAMMING SHOULD HANG IN

LONGER THAN MODEL FCST...AND EVEN AT THE COAST WHERE SNOWFALL

SHOULD COUNTERACT WARMING ON EASTERLY FLOW. THEY ALSO DISAGREE ON

THERMAL PROFILES ALOFT ESPECIALLY LATE SAT NIGHT...WITH THE ECMWF

COLD ENOUGH FOR AN ALL SNOW EVENT NW OF NYC...AND SNOW MIXING WITH

OR CHANGING TO RAIN FOR NYC AND LONG ISLAND...AND THE GFS SHOWING

A CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET INLAND LATE SAT NIGHT. SINCE

THE BETTER PART OF THE PRECIP WILL HAVE FALLEN BY THE TIME P-TYPE

BEGINS TO CHANGE FROM SNOW...THESE DIFFERENCES SHOULD NOT HAVE A

MAJOR IMPACT ON SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...SO THINK MOST INLAND SECTIONS

AND ALL OF SOUTHERN CT SHOULD SEE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5-7

INCHES...WITH NYC AND LONG ISLAND SEEING AMOUNTS OF 2-4 OR 3-5

INCHES. CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING ON THESE AMOUNTS...AND A WINTER

STORM WATCH MAY EVENTUALLY BE ISSUED FOR MOST AREAS NW OF NYC AND

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First Call for New Jersey:

 

Green: 1-2in (1/4th Snow, changing to rain after 1-2hours of snow)
Red: 2-3in (1/3rd Snow, changing to plain rain)
Grey: 3-4in (1/3rd to 2/5th Snow, sleet then plain rain)

Grey: 3-4in (1/3rd to 2/5th Snow, sleet then plain rain)

Blue: 3-5in (2/3rds Snow changing over to sleet and then rain)
Purple: 5-7in (Stays all Frozen and perhaps changing over to freezing rain and sleet for an hour or two)

 

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